The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-07

beside providing for the payment the State Of the
said sum principal provides for the payment OF
thereon from 1885, and further allows the State 70
He additional testimony establish her right to demand pay
ment of items disaowed suspended by the Secretary OF
War; in his report upon claim in 1882 to the amount Of
81, 1858.
It now appears that there among delegates Con-
ress perhaps among Others difference OF opinion as TO
whether the proposition by United States Senate $50
ected 1884, by the House Of Representatives OF
1887 offers advantages to the State 1t is due to our
Representatives in Congress- and to all who are
looking solely good State that should clearly
point out which way Judgment leads to that end and
should distinctly declare your will in the premises
THE STATES LANDS
Unfortunately on the 22d day November 1885, all pro-
ceedngs by the General Land Department at Washington
segegate States lands from the lands Of the United
States suspended and since that time patents or in
demnity certificates issued the State within
a few days. patent OF 80 acres
This DELAY has worked little prejudice to those leg
islave grantees who have faithfully fulfilled the
ditions Of their grants and little hardship to many
actual settlers who waiting for their titles before
substantially improving the lands upon which they nave
settled and serious detrment to the State in deterrng SET
Element upon and improvement lands and in keeping
them the books 1t hoped that this work, 80 I'M
porant the State and her and development will
resumed and continued that at early day the
the lands may be executed and the grants
that are binding upon the State be satisfied
The wsest make of public lands is such
will surely and quickly subject them to honest
settlement for actual cultivation and substantial Improvement
earnestly such and disposition of public
lands so far as compatible with good faith in the satisfaction
grants lawfully made and honestly earned and the faithful
of the trusts created But should be taken
spectators be allowed to take advantage OF the
benefits and facilities intended only for bona tide Settlers and
(Chaper 345 having in view the sale
of lands reduced price settler should be amended
give better guaranty of settlement and Guilt
walton than the purchasers statement OF intention
Without doubt the greatest factors Flora progress
rar ads 1t is material determine whether rail-
less the than the effect Of States
development 1t is evident they partly the and
partly thus Florida because of her geographical
locality climate and manifold natural advantages attracted
of the world this prospective value to her
lands which enabled be utilized for building railroads.
while the other hand the building of railroads gave the
intrinsic and actual value and encouraged their settle
and every character of industry, thus converting
productive and orange groves busy
thriving villages 1t may be well said that railroads
fast becoming essential to commercial agricultural manuac
turing every industrial posperity-need that they
indispensable to the very existence of the civilization Of
the age Any effort Destroy cripple Cypress these great
interests whether Influenced by prejudice induced by popu
camo would betoken willingness back the wheels
progress sacrifice the best interests of the State and
people, and to trampe principle Of right and ignore
every dictate Of justice
1t the duty of the State, and of every department of
which its composed defend and protect
right wheherit be the right of the powerful
the humblest individual the and greater
seraon should be had for the than the other but the
other hand while the corporation justly demand the
protection of every legal right by the State the Sta may
justly demand the faithful discharge Of every legal liability
and duty by the corporation.
Let thorough mutually Protect corporation
dut to he
and the people.
There may reasonably be exacted from railroad simply
carrier regardless of what may have had from
the State that it should all times be condition do
reasonably required of by the public and that
such service shall be done for reasonable This
law in force the State exacts the customer
who unreasonab charged for SERVICE often prefers sub
the exortion rather than incur the expense and w
involved in obtaining his remedy in the courts.
AS corporation endowed by the
chises and in Florida literally aided by grants Of land
the people only its service reasonable
quasi public it equal service every customer
and locality at the price, under the similar
without any unjust discrimination between per-
or between localities.
That the State has egiae enforce these
and other reasonable obligations is late question the
highest of the United States and of Of the States
have determined it with remarkable unanimity 1t is merely
question to wen Legislative control becomes necessary
and how that control shall be exercised.
my opinion the interests of the railroads
people, which to greater extent than generally mag
ined IDENTICAL will be best subserved by proper legislation
the subject before anagonsms become bitter that vi
tupeaon and abuse suppan argument and deliberations and
passion and prejudice Judgment blind dethrone
justice.
think there should be enactments prohibiting
BILE charges and unjust determinations between Individuals
and between localities and that beside the civil remedies there
for unreasonable charges and unjust discrimination by any
carrier should be made onses against and made
punishable by, the St
Experience of the that the
Commissioner system is safe for all interests when the
Commissioners able and ncorruptib conservative
men thnnQh annie nnwers and hound hu